Ecole des Ursulines | |
Address: | 4, rue du Parloir |
City: | Quebec City |
Province: | Quebec |
Postcode: | G1R 4M5 |
Country: | Canada |
Schooltype: | Primary |
Religious Affiliation: | Catholic |
Principal: | Serge Goyette |
The Ecole des Ursulines, known in English as the School of the Ursulines, is among North America's oldest schools. Still operating as a private school for both girls and boys, it was founded in 1639 by French nun Marie of the Incarnation and laywoman Marie-Madeline de Chauvigny de la Peltrie. This was also the beginning of the Ursuline order in New France.
The convent has many of its original walls intact and houses a little chapel and a museum. Located in the middle of the historical Old Quebec neighbourhood of Quebec City, Quebec, which is recognized by UNESCO as a World Heritage District. The school has two campuses. In the Quebec City campus, there are more than four hundred children enrolled from pre-school through primary school (5 to 12 years). There is also a coeducational campus in Loretteville.